It is possible to write DBN code in three languages other than English:
Spanish, French, and Japanese. Translations for each command are
listed in the table at the bottom of this page.

The multilingual features of DBN have not been tested
extensively. Send mail to dbn-feedback@media.mit.edu to let us know if
it works for you, or if you run into trouble and have questions.

We would also like your input on the choice of words for each of the
commands. If you think another word might make more sense for a
command, send us email.

Spanish -
Open the lib folder inside the DBN folder. Inside
that folder, find dbn.properties and open it with
Notepad (on the PC) or SimpleText (on the Mac).
Add a line to the end that reads:
language=es

French -
French is done the same way as Spanish. Open the lib folder
inside the DBN folder. Inside that folder, find
dbn.properties and open it with Notepad (on the PC) or
SimpleText (on the Mac). Add a line to the end that reads:
language=fr

Japanese -
We haven't had a Japanese version of Windows available (or more
importantly, the time) to test the Japanese version of the DBN
commands, so let us know if the commands work or if you have trouble.
Open the lib folder
inside the DBN folder. Inside that folder, find
dbn.properties and open it with Notepad (on the PC) or
SimpleText (on the Mac). Add a line to the
end that reads: language=jp

in an applet - because the DBN applet does not use
dbn.properties, you should instead add the line
<PARAM NAME="language" VALUE="XX">
to the HTML for creating the dbn applet.

Send questions or comments to dbn-feedback@media.mit.edu.

english (en)

espa˝ol (es)

franšais (fr)

japanese (jp)

paper

papel

papier

かみ

pen

stilo

plume

ペン

line

línea

ligne

せん

repeat

repita

répeter

くりかえし

forever

siempre

toujours

ずっと

set

ponga

mettre

おく

command

instrución

fonction

コマンド

number

número

numéro

ばんごう

field

área

région

りょういき

refresh

refrese

àneuf

リフレッシュ

mouse

ratón

souris

マウス

keyboard

teclado

clef

キーボード

net

internet

réseau

ネット

time

hora

heure

じかん

same?

¿igual?

pareil?

おなじ？

notsame?

¿noigual?

paspareil?

おなじでない？

smaller?

¿menos?

pluspetit?

すくない？

notsmaller?

¿nomenos?

plusgrand?

すくなくない？

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Computation Group at the MIT Media Laboratory.